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Broad Street Bridge

Mason County, Texas
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
Concrete pony truss bridge over Comanche Creek on Broad Street in Mason
Location
Mason, Mason County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1918 by the Alamo Construction Co.
Design
Concrete howe pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.75268, -99.23136   (decimal degrees)
30°45'10" N, 99°13'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/477855/3402216 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Purdy Hill
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 141570B00300001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 36691 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2012)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
400

Categories 

Built 1918 (329)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Concrete truss (3)
HAER documented (781)
Howe pony truss (36)
Howe truss (249)
Mason County, Texas (3)
Mason, Texas (1)
 Open (28,302)
Owned by city (3,048)
Pony truss (13,215)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Texas (1,526)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,632)
Truss (23,565)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2012: Updated by W Schutz: Noted two simple truss spans
  • June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

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